How to add a class power point as a referene

Dennis.Po
I have a PP presented in class and my own I'd like to use as a reference in a paper. How do I add them as a reference I can cite? I see loads of chatter about a connector for powerpoint like word has, that is not what I'm looking for.

Thanks
  • adamsmith
    (I think it's in most cases a questionable practice to cite class lectures -- you should find and cite the underlying scientific works, but that's just a sidenote)

    You can add a new item, type presentation and then add basic metadata (the professors name, the date of lecture, "class slides" or so in the type field, etc. You can choose to attache the pptx file or not -- that part is irrelevant for the citation.
  • Dennis.Po
    I guess I was more looking at citing my own, but included the instructor for context. Agree, on citing the underlying work though. I see the presentation, didn't see that before.
    Thanks
  • farukytkn
    Hi everyone,

    I’ve been working on a small experimental tool called CitePoint:

    https://github.com/digitalartificialint-cmd/CitePoint

    CitePoint is a Windows PowerPoint add-in that connects to a local Zotero Desktop library and lets users insert Zotero-based citations directly into PowerPoint slides.

    Current features:

    Search Zotero items from PowerPoint
    Select one or multiple sources
    Filter by Zotero collections
    Insert citations into the active slide
    Switch between APA, Chicago author-date, and IEEE-style numeric citations
    Generate slide-level numeric references
    Convert numeric citations like [1,2,3] to superscript
    Includes a Zotero companion add-on for local citation formatting support
    The current release is here:

    https://github.com/digitalartificialint-cmd/CitePoint/releases/tag/v0.1.24

    This is not an official Zotero or Microsoft product. It is an early community prototype, currently focused on Windows PowerPoint and Zotero 8.x. I’m sharing it to get feedback from Zotero users and developers, especially on whether this approach makes sense and what would be needed to make it more robust.

    Any feedback, suggestions, or technical criticism would be very welcome.
Sign In or Register to comment.